CHICANE
\ʃɪkˈe͡ɪn], \ʃɪkˈeɪn], \ʃ_ɪ_k_ˈeɪ_n]\
Definitions of CHICANE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit
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the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
By Princeton University
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defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit
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the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To use shifts, cavils, or artifices.
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In bridge, the holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself. It counts as simple honors.
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The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; - specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry.
By Oddity Software
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To use shifts, cavils, or artifices.
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In bridge, the holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself. It counts as simple honors.
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The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; - specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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